WLPCS汉语课：好好学习，天天向上！

Despacito in Chinese (Luis Fonsi, Feat. JJ Lin)

Upcoming Event:
Dragon Boat Festival call out meeting (Friday during break, led by Baily Pinckney)

Syllabi:
Chinese 1 (Gamma & Epsilon):
Chinese 2 (Delta):
Chinese 4 (Alpha):
AP (Zeta):

Extra Credit Opportunities

• Attend this film (Wolf Warrior 2) at John Hopkins, 5pm on Wednesday, February 28. Register here.
• Attend the DC Chinese New Year Parade: FREE
  Sunday, February 18, from 2:00 PM at 6th & i street in Chinatown.
  Take a selfie and bring a souvenir to show Laoshi.
  
  * Image China: Dragon Boat Racing (TICKETS COST!)
  (2 min. youtube example here)
  Friday, February 2, 2018 to Sunday, February 4, 2018 at the Kennedy Center
  Dragon Boat Racing, and award-winning Chinese dance-drama performed by the Guangdong Song and Dance Ensemble, tells the story of the creation of one of the most iconic and enduring pieces of Cantonese music.
  

Interesting Links

• 两只老虎 two tigers song
• DC area Wing Chun martial arts teen program (Bruce Lee practiced the Wing Chun school of martial arts)
• MDBG Net: look up characters, how to draw them, dictionary, etc!
• CHINESE TRAP MUSIC! ("Higher Brothers")
• Interesting link: hip hop parody album about China: The Red Print Album: Rhyme and Reason in the Riddle Kingdom.
• Interesting link: China's first successfully homegrown boy band: TFBOys
• Interesting link: On being a correspondent in China and journalism as a public service.
• REALLY interesting Chinese character GIFs.

Summer 2018 Chinese Opportunities:

• NSLI for Youth scholarships for competitive but incredible programs to study language in China for the summer (for students aged 15-18 during the program). Application deadline is November 2, but it is a long application, so start now!
• Concordia Language Villages San Li Hu in Callaway, Minnesota (Program-specific information and dates here)
• MMLA Summer Language Academy for 8th-12th graders (includes a language pledge!)